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 Brownfields  2007
 Grant  Fact  Sheet
        Cincinnati, OH
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site is
real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse
of which may be complicated by the presence or
potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant,
or contaminant. On January 11, 2002, President George
W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the
Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. The
brownfields job training grants provide residents of
communities impacted by brownfields with the skills
and training needed to effectively gain employment in
assessment and cleanup activities associated with
brownfield redevelopment and environmental
remediation. Additionally, funding support is provided to
state  and tribal response programs through a separate
mechanism.

Community Description
The City of Cincinnati was selected to receive a job
training grant. Cincinnati (population 308,728), a port
city on the Ohio River, and Hamilton County (popula-
tion 806,652) will be served by this grant. In the past
  Job Training Grant
   $171,250
   EPA has selected the City of Cincinnati for a job
   training grant. Cincinnati plans to train 60 stu-
   dents, place 45 graduates in environmental
   careers, and track students for one year. The
   training program, which will provide 246 hours of
   instruction and hands-on training, includes
   HAZWOPER, lead and asbestos abatement
   certification classes, and courses on OSHA
   construction outreach, mold remediation, and
   brownfields advanced technologies training.
   Cincinnati USA Super Jobs and several commu-
   nity agencies will recruit students from
   brownfields-affected areas of the city and county.
   Primary trainers will be the International Chemi-
   cal Workers Union Council's Center for Worker
   Health and Safety Education and the University
   of Cincinnati. With assistance from the local Port
   Authority, the applicant will work with its existing
   network of potential employers to place graduates
   in environmental jobs.
   Contacts
  For further information, including specific grant
  contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
  news and events, and publications and links, visit
  the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
  brownfields.
  EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
  312-886-4747
  http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
  Grant Recipient: City of Cincinnati, OH
  513-352-1947
  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
five decades, Cincinnati's population has declined by
more than 35 percent, due in part to an outward
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
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                         EPA 560-F-06-257
                         November 2006
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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migration of residents seeking employment in the
suburbs or other metropolitan areas. This population
loss and the associated decline in local industry have
left the city and county with numerous abandoned or
underused properties. These brownfields continue to
plague the low-income, ethnic minority, or otherwise
marginalized communities in Cincinnati and Hamilton
County. Nine of Cincinnati's communities have been
designated as federal Empowerment Zones, and the
city's poverty and unemployment rates are 25 percent
and 6 percent, respectively. Several large redevelop-
ment projects have increased the need for trained
environmental technicians. In a recent survey of local
environmental employers, the vast majority of respon-
dents indicated a strong need for skilled environmental
workers.

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